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7,921 stories by "Michael Gioia"

Can You Yiddish?! Watch the Stars Decode "Schtup," "Schmatta" and "Fakakta" On Fiddler's Red Carpet by Michael Gioia

In honor of Jewish tradition, we took to the red carpet on opening night of Fiddler on the Roof to ask the show's stars (and star-studded attendees) to decode a few Yiddish …

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:35pm on December 21, 2015[SHARE]

New Musical from Tuck Everlasting Writer Will Hit Joe's Pub for Concert With Rocky's Margo Seibert by Michael Gioia

After a sold-out developmental production at the Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Stillwater (the new musical co-written by Tuck Everlasting lyricist Nathan Tysen) will hit Joe's P…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:31am on December 21, 2015[SHARE]

Jon Rua Will Debut as Hamilton Today, With Lin-Manuel Miranda and Javier Muoz Out by Michael Gioia

Jon Rua, who understudies Alexander Hamilton in Broadway's Hamilton, makes his debut as the titular Founding Father at the Dec. 20 matinee performance at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Bot…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:49pm on December 20, 2015[SHARE]

Jon Rua Debuts as Hamilton Today, With Lin-Manuel Miranda and Javier Muoz Out by Michael Gioia

Jon Rua, who understudies Alexander Hamilton in Broadway's Hamilton, makes his debut as the titular Founding Father at the Dec. 20 matinee performance at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Bot…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:49pm on December 20, 2015[SHARE]

Back From Oz, Shanice Williams Remembers the Day Her Life Changed Before Your Eyes by Michael Gioia

Shanice Williams was plucked from small-town New Jersey to fly over the rainbow less than two weeks ago in NBC's production of The Wiz Live! After receiving rave reviews for her perf…

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:10pm on December 15, 2015[SHARE]

Newsies Tony Winner Directs Tonight's NYC Concert of Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas by Michael Gioia

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas In Concert, a holiday concert featuring Dames at Sea star Lesli Margherita, is held Dec. 15 at Feinstein's/54 Below.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on December 15, 2015[SHARE]

Red Carpet Challenge! We Put The Color Purple Cast to the Test on Opening Night (Video) by Michael Gioia

Broadway was decked out in shades of purple last night in celebration of the opening-night performance of The Color Purple, starring Cynthia Erivo and Jennifer Hudson. So, we took to the…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01pm on December 11, 2015[SHARE]

Is Weight Just a Number? Acting, Auditioning and Being Authentic at a Bigger Size in This Gigantic B by Michael Gioia

Is there more than just one kind of "Broadway Body?" In an industry that pressures performers to fit a certain "look" comes the new musical Gigantic, where stars of size …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on December 11, 2015[SHARE]

Exclusive! Annoying Actor Friend Revealed "You Don't Need To Be What People Expect" by Michael Gioia

For over three years, theatre lovers on Twitter have been stumped. Who is Annoying Actor Friend (@Actor_Friend), the person behind the account that has not only made actors laugh, but also s…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on December 9, 2015[SHARE]

Onstage & Backstage: Wishing For the "Disaster!" That Got Me Out of a Regional Gig by Michael Gioia

This week's look into the life of Seth Rudetsky takes readers behind the scenes of Disaster!'s photo and commercial shoot and recounts the wish he told Audra McDonald this summer.

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:07pm on December 8, 2015[SHARE]

Newsies Tony Winner Will Direct Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas Concert With Lesli Margherita by Michael Gioia

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas In Concert, a holiday concert featuring Dames at Sea star Lesli Margherita, will be held Dec. 15 at Feinstein's/54 Below.

SOURCE: Playbill at 5:06pm on December 7, 2015[SHARE]

Watch The Skivvies and Lin-Manuel Miranda Strip to Their PJs in Ham4Ham Outkast Video by Michael Gioia

The Skivvies, the twosome (Nick Cearley and Lauren Molina) known for performing in their underwear, got into their pajamas for Lin-Manuel Miranda. They joined him for an Outkast medley a…

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:43pm on December 7, 2015[SHARE]

Carpet Crashers! Watch Chip Zien, Sarah Paulson and Shanice Williams Rock Out at School of Rock (Vid by Michael Gioia

Everyone was invited to join the band last night! We took to the School of Rock – The Musical red carpet to ask its stars (and star-studded audience) to show …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:46pm on December 7, 2015[SHARE]

Hamilton and Fun Home Cast Albums Among Grammy Award Nominees by Michael Gioia

Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton and the Tony Award-winning musical Fun Home are among the nominees for the Best Musical Theater Album Grammy Award. Nominations were announced Dec. …

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:13am on December 7, 2015[SHARE]

Rock On! School of Rock Will Hit the West End and Tour the U.S. by Michael Gioia

Andrew Lloyd Webber's School of Rock – The Musical, which opened Dec. 7 at Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre to critical acclaim, will have its London premiere in t…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:31am on December 7, 2015[SHARE]

Every Good Girl Deserves Fun Explores the Hardships of Early Onset Alzheimer's by Michael Gioia

Every Good Girl Deserves Fun — And Other Misremembered Things, a new dark comedy written by Heidi Armbruster about prolonged adolescence running into early onset Alzheimer's, p…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:07am on December 4, 2015[SHARE]

Jenna Ushkowitz, Dan DeLuca, Jackie Burns Share Very Funny (and Adorable) Holiday Pictures with Sant by Michael Gioia

Jenna Ushkowitz, Dan DeLuca and Jackie Burns are among the performers who will celebrate the holidays this weekend at Feinstein's/54 Below with A Very Funny Broadway Holiday. They share …

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on December 3, 2015[SHARE]

The Wiz Live! Eases Onto National Television Tonight in Anticipated NBC Event by Michael Gioia

NBC presents its third annual live television event Dec. 3, when Dorothy and her pals travel the Yellow Brick Road to Oz in The Wiz Live! The Tony Award-winning musical by Charlie Smalls…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on December 3, 2015[SHARE]

A Life-Altering Journey The Trip to Uganda That Birthed a Love Affair and a Groundbreaking Musical by Michael Gioia

Ten years ago, Griffin Matthews set upon a trip to Uganda that would change his life forever. His real-life experiences take shape Off-Broadway, where the Invisible Thread that links…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on December 3, 2015[SHARE]

And, She Is Telling You! Amber Riley Dishes on Her Wiz Audition and Broadway Dream Role by Michael Gioia

Though Amber Riley has performed numerous Broadway hits on national television (as Mercedes Jones on Fox's "Glee") and will soon ease on down the road in the live broadcast of …

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55am on December 2, 2015[SHARE]

Exclusive! How Performers from Hamilton, On Your Feet and Paris Spent Thanksgiving (and What They At by Michael Gioia

The holidays can be tricky when working on a Broadway schedule — instead of going home to see family, most performers spend time with their "show families." Cast members …

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:14pm on December 1, 2015[SHARE]

Annoying Actor Friend Releases Second Book, "#GRATEFUL," a Choose-Your-Own Showbiz Destiny by Michael Gioia

Annoying Actor Friend's "#GRATEFUL: Everything Happens for a Reason," a choose-your-own show-business destiny book (and the sequel to "#SOBLESSED: the Annoying…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on November 30, 2015[SHARE]

If It Weren't For Her Mother, Stephanie Mills May Have Never Been The Wiz's Dorothy by Michael Gioia

Mamma knows best, after all. Forty years after originating her now-iconic performance as Dorothy in the Broadway bow of The Wiz, Stephanie Mills confesses that auditioning is crippling a…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on November 30, 2015[SHARE]

The Wiz Live!  What's Different, What's New and What's Going to Broadway by Michael Gioia

It's been 40 years since The Wiz bowed on Broadway, and the creative team over at NBC decided it was time for some renovations on the Yellow Brick Road. As Dorothy and her pals prepare t…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18am on November 29, 2015[SHARE]

New Album by Jonathan Reid Gealt, With Laura Osnes, Joshua Henry and Lindsay Mendez, Released Today by Michael Gioia

Laura Osnes, Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy, Natalie Weiss, Alysha Umphress, Alex Brightman, Lindsay Mendez and Lilli Cooper are among the singers featured on songwriter Jonathan Reid Gealt'…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18am on November 29, 2015[SHARE]
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